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<blockquote data-quote="tmjuju" data-source="post: 1057686506" data-attributes="member: 2204"><p><a href="https://apple.slashdot.org/story/16/06/21/216238/taking-the-headphone-jack-off-phones-is-user-hostile-and-stupid" target="_blank">https://apple.slashdot.org/story/16/06/21/216238/taking-the-headphone-jack-off-phones-is-user-hostile-and-stupid</a></p><p>Taking the Headphone Jack Off Phones Is User-Hostile and Stupid (theverge.com) 369</p><p>Posted by manishs on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @07:25PM from the if-ain't-broken,-don't-fix-it dept.</p><p></p><p>A WSJ report on Tuesday claimed that the next iPhone won't have the 3.5mm headphone port. A handful of smartphones such as LeEco's Le 2, Le 2 Pro, and Le Max 2 that have launched this year already don't have a headphone jack. The Verge's Nilay Patel has an opinion piece in which he argues that smartphone companies shouldn't ditch headphone ports as it helps no consumer. He lists six reasons: </p><p>1. Digital audio means DRM audio :</p><p>Restricting audio output to a purely digital connection means that music publishers and streaming companies can start to insist on digital copyright enforcement mechanisms. We moved our video systems to HDMI and got HDCP, remember? Copyright enforcement technology never stops piracy and always hurts the people who most rely on legal fair use, but you can bet the music industry is going to start cracking down on "unauthorized" playback and recording devices anyway.</p><p>2. Wireless headphones and speakers are fine, not great. </p><p>3. Dongles are stupid, especially when they require other dongles.</p><p>4. Ditching a deeply established standard will disproportionately impact accessibility.:</p><p>The headphone jack might be less good on some metrics than Lightning or USB-C audio, but it is spectacularly better than anything else in the world at being accessible, enabling, open, and democratizing. A change that will cost every iPhone user at least $29 extra for a dongle (or more for new headphones) is not a change designed to benefit everyone.</p><p>5. Making Android and iPhone headphones incompatible is incredibly arrogant and stupid.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/6/21/11991302/iphone-no-headphone-jack-user-hostile-stupid" target="_blank">http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/6/21/11991302/iphone-no-headphone-jack-user-hostile-stupid</a></p><p></p><p>Νταξ το πιο τραγικό είναι το DRM που θα μας φορέσουν τελικά</p><p>Και ότι οι adaptors (παρά το ότι φαίνεται να είναι εύκολα υλοποιήσιμοι) θα είναι ακριβοί</p><p>Και φυσικά μη συμβατοί με android&iOS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tmjuju, post: 1057686506, member: 2204"] [url]https://apple.slashdot.org/story/16/06/21/216238/taking-the-headphone-jack-off-phones-is-user-hostile-and-stupid[/url] Taking the Headphone Jack Off Phones Is User-Hostile and Stupid (theverge.com) 369 Posted by manishs on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @07:25PM from the if-ain't-broken,-don't-fix-it dept. A WSJ report on Tuesday claimed that the next iPhone won't have the 3.5mm headphone port. A handful of smartphones such as LeEco's Le 2, Le 2 Pro, and Le Max 2 that have launched this year already don't have a headphone jack. The Verge's Nilay Patel has an opinion piece in which he argues that smartphone companies shouldn't ditch headphone ports as it helps no consumer. He lists six reasons: 1. Digital audio means DRM audio : Restricting audio output to a purely digital connection means that music publishers and streaming companies can start to insist on digital copyright enforcement mechanisms. We moved our video systems to HDMI and got HDCP, remember? Copyright enforcement technology never stops piracy and always hurts the people who most rely on legal fair use, but you can bet the music industry is going to start cracking down on "unauthorized" playback and recording devices anyway. 2. Wireless headphones and speakers are fine, not great. 3. Dongles are stupid, especially when they require other dongles. 4. Ditching a deeply established standard will disproportionately impact accessibility.: The headphone jack might be less good on some metrics than Lightning or USB-C audio, but it is spectacularly better than anything else in the world at being accessible, enabling, open, and democratizing. A change that will cost every iPhone user at least $29 extra for a dongle (or more for new headphones) is not a change designed to benefit everyone. 5. Making Android and iPhone headphones incompatible is incredibly arrogant and stupid. [url]http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/6/21/11991302/iphone-no-headphone-jack-user-hostile-stupid[/url] Νταξ το πιο τραγικό είναι το DRM που θα μας φορέσουν τελικά Και ότι οι adaptors (παρά το ότι φαίνεται να είναι εύκολα υλοποιήσιμοι) θα είναι ακριβοί Και φυσικά μη συμβατοί με android&iOS [/QUOTE]
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